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ACHARLES L. osnoRN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 80,56l,da ted August 4, 1868; antedated July 20, 1868.

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Be it known that-I, CHAnLES LOSBQRN, of the city, county, andiState of New York, have invented certain new andl useful .Improvements in Qages; and I do hereby declare'the following-to' be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, inwhichf- Y l V Figure 1 is a. side elevation of my improved cage.

Figure 2 isfan end elevation, 'of the same. 4

Figure 3 is a plan or top view of my improved cage.

Figure 4 is a; vertical transverse section of my cage on the line y y.

Figure l5 is a view-in detail, beingatransv'erse section ofA the bottom garbage-pan'of my eage.

The object of'my invention is to furnish a cage for the reception of small animals, such as are commonly kept as pets and domesticated in families, that shall be strong and durable, and at the same time combine utility with convenience. i I i VMyinvention consists in constructing the sills, posts, girts, plates, and cross-ties of these cages, ofi strips or pieces of spring-brass, or any other suitable metal, .whose cross-section is in shape like the letter L.

Another part of my invention consists in making the lower part of the sides of the cageof glass, 4the construction ot" which will be more fully hereinafter described, theobject of which is to keep particles ofv food or any unclcanness from lbeing scattered on the Hoor.

v cage more room above-board to run about.

And still another part of my invention consists in making'tin cages where the necessities of the case demand it) a nestor sleeping-place below the surface of the oor of lthe cage, which gives to the animal occupying the General .Desemyntzbm c In the drawings, A A are the posts; B B4 are the sills; C C. are the girts; D D'are the plates,- E E are the cross-ties, all of which are made of spring-brass or any other suitable'metal.

Thecross-sectionof these pieces is shaped in the form of an L, as may beseen in the sectional drawing,

`iig. 4. The frameworkvof the cage,"when made in this way, presents a strong, enduring, and elegant specimen of construction.

The upper part of the cage, between the plates D D and girts C C, is panelled o, as shown in the drawings, by two vertical rods, a d, made of stout wire, being placed in cach corner of the cage. From these the horizontal 'wires b b connectwith other vertical rods, cl al, the whole forming a'irm but simple net-work of `bracinxthroughont the cage.- I

The lower part of the cage is4 made of glass, of the proper thickness, and is secured betweenl the girts'C C and sills B5B, in-'the manner shown in the drawings, at F F," in fig. 4.

. T T is a narrow strip of metal soldered on Ito the sills B B, and forms a groove, wherein the glass, Gr, is firmly puttied' or otherwise secured. l

H is the-.bottom of the cage, which is made'of coarse wire cloth. A hole, I, is cut out of this wire cloth, and is -properly'surmounted by a wire rim,f, which-is soldered to said wire cloth. This hole I communicates with a nest or sleeping-compartment, J, which consists of a box made with two rims or collars, K and L, one at the top, the other forming a bottom, respectively; the parts K and L being connected by a piece of gauzewire cloth wrapped around said parts K and L, and soldered thereto. yThis makes a cozy little shelter for the animal, wherein it can sleep or breed, as the case may be, with the advantage of being entirely out of the way. The bottom of Vthefcage is provided withl a pan, M, which can be attached and detached from underneath the cage. This pan affords an easy and expeditious means of cleansing'the cage when occasion requires it. The pan M is secured `to the bottom of the cage by the button S S onrthe under side of the cage, and is made deep enough tolittle more than cover the bottom piece, L, of the nest J. l

The gauze part of the nest is protected orcove'red by the pan M, which surrounds it in the Amanner of a.

fender, leaving a little space of air, whereby the nest is ventilated and kept from getting foul and emitting unpleasant odors. A transverse section of the pan is shown in detailat iig. 5.

The upper part ot the cage is provided with a revolving wheel, working on the centres O O, opposite to which are placed, in front and rearr square pieces of ne gauze-wire cloth, P P, which act as guards to prevent any scattering of food, dirt, 85e., through the centrifugal tendency of such particles caused by the rapid revolution of the wheel by the animal within.

The cage is mounted on a mouldedbase, and is secured thereto by the screws N N.

R R are two wire handles soldered to the plate D D, by which the cage can be transferred from place to pla-ce. v l

A glass door, with suitable fastenings, is shown at S.

The cage shown in the drawings is intended for a squirrel, or any other animal of similar yhabits and stature, but it is obvious` that the same general construction is equally applicable to the wants of birds, all that is necessar lto do bein to dis ense with the revovin wheel, and introduce ro er means whereb the animal .Y g P g P P Y may be fed and watered.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The combination, in a cage, of the sills, posts, plates, girts, cross-ties, Ste., constructed as described, with the glass sides, substantially as herein specified.

2. The nest or sleeping-compartment J, constructed below the surface of the oor ofthe eage, substantially as described, when used for the purpose set forth. p

' CHARLES L. OSBORN.

Witnesses:

CHAs. EDW. HABE, A. B. Sistemas,- 

